12 March 2012
Shackleton and Rhind win latest Sky Poker Tour events
The first split events of the Sky Poker Tour took place over the weekend with full fields in both Brighton and Glasgow.
Tom Langley wins Poker770 Mega Poker Series
Tom Langley has won the Poker770 Mega Poker Series event at Dusk Till Dawn. The DTD regular outlasted a 227-runner field (including re-entries) to take home the biggest win of his career.
Superstar Showdown postponed due to Ike Haxton’s connection
The Superstar Showdown made a long-awaited return last night with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom taking on the only man to ever beat him in the heads up event, Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton.
EPT Madrid starts today
The European Poker Tours hits Spain today in the form of EPT Madrid which gets under way this lunchtime. The first of two opening flights in the €5,000+€300 Main Event starts at noon local time with a second flight following at the same time tomorrow.
10 March 2012
Great week for Galfond
Last week we brought news that Phil Galfond’s New York apartment was up for sale and that he was just about to return to the high stakes online games from his new base in Canada.
Moon shines at WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars
Moon Kim is the latest player to join the World Poker Tour winner’s circle after taking down the Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, California overnight.
09 March 2012
Unchanged WSOPE 2012 schedule announced
The WSOP last night announced the schedule for the sixth annual World Series of Poker Europe which will run from September 21 until October 4. There will be seven events on the same schedule as last year.
New trailer for poker movie All In
Last month we brought you news of a couple of new poker inspired movies. The most interesting looking one of the bunch was a documentary called All In which aimed to tell the story of game from the online boom through to the world post Black Friday.
Blom the underdog in SuperStar Showdown
This Sunday's SuperStar Showdown between Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom and Isaac Haxton is sure to delight the railbirds and anyone fancying a flutter on the action can do so at Matchbook.com.
08 March 2012
Daniel Negreanu’s Weekly Rant: Epic Poker and Reality TV.
Daniel Negreanu’s “Weekly Rants” have been very popular with the poker community and the latest is no exception as this time, Kid Poker discusses at length the Epic Poker League (with an Epic Fail graphic highlighting the discussions).